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I think the advice is excessive but necessary. I'm sure there would be a major fallout if a diabetic cut their foot, suffered a nasty infection and then said "well no one told me to wear something on my feet at all times"! If your fighting fit and have good control then you shouldn't be at any...

I started running around 6 years ago and made the huge mistake of stopping when I was diagnosed with T1 in 2008. I was diagnosed in February and had a place in the London Marathon that April which I was unable to keep. Since 2010 I have gotten back into it and have run 5 local 10K's...

Hi Jon, I'm pretty sure moisturising your feet is not a good idea when diabetic as it softens them and can make them easier to cut. I read that somewhere and hopefully someone can back it up! I have terrible feet from running. They are always cut and blistered but tend to heal quickly which I...

No, I don't think. Diabetes has a big impact on your diet which is why people use that statement. We may, as diabetics, still be struck down with something terrible but I for one and am not wasting any time thinking about that. If it happens it happens. Diabetes has happened so I'll focus on...

Re: Do you think type 1 diabetes is a disability or a condit Anticarb - that's sh*t. I am very glad I was 30 when diagnosed, any child (and 15 is still a child!) faces a huge challenge to cope with the responsibility and needs major help to do so.

Re: Do you think type 1 diabetes is a disability or a condit I (me, myself and I) think myself lucky that I haven't got cancer or another illness or physical disability. No, people having cancer doesn't make my diabetes any easier to control either. However, it does give me a great sense of...

Re: Do you think type 1 diabetes is a disability or a condit I don't call it anything. It's there and it lives with me 24hrs a day. I can exercise good control but it's hard work at times. I still consider myself lucky to have T1 and not a physical disability or other illness such as cancer.

These QOF indicators are a financial incentive (ie a bonus) to GP's. They are paid a salary regardless of their overall performance and this is an additional bonus based on overall performance. It's not dependent on the GP's alone either, the staff working away in the background are equally...

GP's do receive financial incentives for meeting certain levels of care and I personally have nothing against this. Why not? Attacking the "in" diseases needs to be done to try and reduce them and save money in the long term through less complications and treatment. Incentives are found in...

The scale of the problem is frightening but I can't help think that this 24/7 media we have is partly to blame. Are they looking for stories in anything and everything to keep the channels ticking over? Hmmmm....... I guess for education you have to look beyond teaching kids about what...

PS..... if I was a politician I would like to think that I would give an honest answer, starting by saying "yes" or "no" and then explaining why, In reality, however, I think they are so scared of saying anything that will bring the scrutiny of the media on them as it will be headline news...

No solution will ever be simple and if it takes 3 generations then so be it. You have to start somewhere, what's the alternative? Give up? Then "they" have won. We are facing a national debt of over £1 Trillion and we are still living in a deficit from month to month - how many generations will...

I think we should up the stakes here Gents. How about doing your next 5K with Grazer's golf bag over your shoulder? As a T1 I am very jealous. I have a 10K on Sunday and without a starting level of 6 or above and around 6/7 Jelly Babies during the run I would almost certainly drop after 3K. No...

I'm all for more "individual responsibility" and I don't think that the programme, by it's very title, gives a balanced argument. Individual responsibility doesn't just cover food but also exercise, lifestyle and how much food you actually eat! It's all too much down the blame culture road this...

Re: GPs asked to mass-screen all patients aged 40 years or o The testing will apply to those in a "high risk" group. Where else would you start? It's a positive move which will hopefully prove a success and get rolled out furtherin the future.

I have always been under the impression that you should never not take any insulin?? I have to admit, if I had one of those meters I think I'd develop OCD and be testing on the hour every hour!! :lol:

Are we being "massively failed by the system"? Can the "system" really be blamed for >70% of T1's not being able to get their HbA1c under 7.5%? I personally don't believe so. I think a large proportion of T1's fail themselves. The problem is that it is very difficult to publish figures that show...

I travelled to the Dom Rep last year and was under the impression that I needed the letter so I could take my insulin (liquid) on board without any hassle. I got the letter FOC and wasn't queried about my insulin at either Manchester or La Romana airport. Airport security sounds like the...

I have always been advised to reduce insulin prior to exercise and let my BG get high to compensate for the exercise. I used to run with a starting level of 10-14 and it would always come down nicely to between 5-7. This includes having jelly babies during the run. However, I didn't like...